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Privacy, and our basic freedoms, are under attack from all sides.

Incredibly, the so-called 'liberal democracies' are now leading these attacks; arresting their own citizens for posting online, rolling out facial recognition cameras, and moving to ban VPNs.

"What can men do against such reckless hate?" And are we losing this battle?

Absolutely not. There's still time to fight back, and we have much in our arsenal. We at @bitcoinpolicyuk have put together a 'Privacy Toolkit', that should let anyone, whatever their skill level, take a few small steps towards improving their privacy and their freedom, and making themselves just a little bit harder for governments to track and to oppress.

This isn't comprehensive, and we'll continue to update it as time goes by. We hope it's useful to everyone and serves as a handy guide to help us all push back against government overreach, wherever we find it.

Link in the thread and comments welcome! 👇

Hugely honoured to be representing @bitcoinhodlco at the United States Embassy in London tonight. Thanks to @usainuk and to @lukka for the invitation

Delighted to see @GrapheneOS trending today in the UK. Wonder why this could be?

For more hints and tips on improving your privacy, and pushing back against governments intruding on your basic human rights, try the toolkit below 👇

B HODL UPDATE
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Corporate: Annual Report and Investor Presentation 2026

Our Annual Report and Investor Presentation 2026, for the year ended 30 June 2026, is now available.

Highlights include:

• 167.487 BTC held at 21 October 2026
• Sats per share up 8.8% since the proceeds of admission were deployed, from 110.7 to 120.4
• £109,575 raised through the ATM, only at a premium to NAV, and 3.19 million shares bought back below NAV
• Launch of our Lightning Service Provider platform in May 2026, our second core business line
• An outline of Ordinary Backed Loans, for shareholder approval at the AGM

We've written the report both for shareholders who are new to Bitcoin as well as those who have held for a long time, with short primers on ‘Why Bitcoin’ and ‘Why Lightning’ to make the business and our business plan as accessible as possible to a wide audience.

Business Development: Bitmela, India

I travelled to Jaipur for @thebitmela, India's first Bitcoin festival. It brought together more than 1,000 attendees and 40+ speakers, with Bitcoiners flying in from Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, the US, the UK and beyond.

Going was a direct expression of the strategy in our annual report. As the "Beyond the Lucky Billion" section explains, only around one billion people live with access both to a relatively stable currency and to the rule of law. Everyone else is Lightning's real addressable market.

That is why a meaningful share of B HODL's business development is directed at the global south: where existing financial infrastructure is ripe for new technologies, the need is greatest, and so is the likely growth in demand for Lightning services. Our market is global by nature, not by ambition.

Bitmela was a terrific gathering filled with fascinating people working in, or interested in, the industry; but two highlights perhaps. First, it gave us access to high-net-worth individuals and potential investors in India. Secondly, I sponsored the festival's ideathon, which put us in direct contact with new builders, some of whom may need LSP services for the products they are building.

Two such examples were Lilpay (fronted by @airxashish), and PayAgents. Lilpay presented a really interesting online micropayments solution - it's astonishing to realize we still haven't really solved online micro payments, especially when it is exactly the kind of product Lightning is built for. PayAgents (@payagents) are aiming to enable AI agents easily to to pay and get paid, using Bitcoin over Lightning as a simple solution.

Such ideas are compelling evidence that younger builders are moving in the right direction to solve really interesting problems, and in a direction where BHODL may be able to gather new partners and forge new business relationships.

Congratulations from me and from the company to all the finalists for an excellent set of presentations. Keep building!

I also gave a keynote (in B HODL merch, of course) on hard money: what people do when the money in their pocket stops working. I drew on my own family's experience of hyperinflation in Zimbabwe and what we did as a result. A few posts in thread to give a flavour of the event.

Media: The Bitcoin Edge Podcast and Times Radio

I joined @PaulaBTCEdge on The Bitcoin Edge show for a wide-ranging conversation covering growing up in Zimbabwe and Syria, hyperinflation, self-custody, AI and hacks, privacy, why Bitcoin is a human rights issue, and my prior work with Bitcoin Policy UK.

Additionally, I was delighted to join @mulkerrins on @TimesRadio for a briefing on the Binance hack and its implications. Catch up link below, time stamp for the start of the interview is 1hr 07. Thanks for having me on!

And thank you as ever to all shareholders for your continued support.

Follow B HODL for updates on Bitcoin treasury strategy, Lightning infrastructure, and UK policy engagement.

From my reading of the new law, I do believe there is a strong chance that possession of a DVD of Star Wars may now lead to a custodial sentence in the UK.

Not clear that the officer in this scene consented and from memory it was reasonably fatal.